balm

«balm» in Mova's school dictionary: a thick, oily cream or ointment that soothes, heals or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a balm, balms; balm — uncountable); lip balm

meaning for a pupil

1) A balm is a thick, oily cream or ointment that soothes, heals or protects the skin. tree →

2) A balm is anything that comforts or calms you, as in «Music was a balm to her». tree →

3) Balm can also be a sweet-smelling herb, such as lemon balm, used to make teas. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health: lip balm stops lips cracking in cold or windy weather; balms soothe dry skin, bites and small sores. In stories it is used for comfort and healing, sometimes in old magical tales. Lemon balm is also a herb.

examples

• Put on lip balm so your lips don't crack. tree →
• Grandma rubbed balm on my itchy bite. tree →
• The cool breeze was a balm after the hot day. tree →
• This balm smells of mint. tree →
• Lemon balm grows in our herb garden. tree →
• His kind words were a balm to her sadness. tree →

note

The l is silent: «balm» sounds like «bahm». Do not confuse with «bomb» or with «palm» (of the hand or a tree). Adjective: balmy («a balmy evening» = warm and pleasant).

In the corpora

• Cold wind and dry heating take water from the skin; licking your lips makes them more chapped, and lip balm helps.
• Is there no balm in Gilead?
• Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «balm» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.